Seeking CD Player with Digital Inputs


I have a friend who I'm helping to put together his first reasonable stereo.  He needs a source.  We were thinking that he could get a lot out of a CD player with digital inputs - one could be used for his TV (optical) and one for a streamer (coax).  Does such a thing exist?  Or would it be better to look for a DAC with three digital inputs (CD, streamer, TV).  Thanks in advance for any ideas.

peter_s

@audphile1 Thanks.  I didn't realize that the Ultra has both HDMI and optical inputs.  That should work as long as his OLD TV uses a compatible HDMI format.

@peter_s at this price point, unless your cd collection contains albums not available on tidal or qobuz, there’s absolutely no point in CD. 

@audphile1 Thanks. He has some CD's from the studio (he is a musician) - so CD functionality is desired.  But since he is on a limited budget, perhaps he can just use the digital out of his dvd player!

I have two such players:  a Luxman D-10X, and a Marantz SA10.  Both are excellent.  Neither is inexpensive.